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Date:      Wed, 2 Aug 2000 16:49:28 +1000 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>, Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>, obrien@FreeBSD.org, darrenr@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Making LINT (was: [spam score 3.31/10.0 -pobox] Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_fil.c ip_fil.h ip_input.c ip_output.c ipprotosw.h src/sys/netin)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008021644120.6771-100000@besplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <20000802084127.M59431@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Greg Lehey wrote:

> On Monday, 31 July 2000 at 20:45:16 -0700, Peter Wemm wrote:
> > Robert Watson wrote:
> >> On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >>
> >>> That's why the FreeBSD project provides remote compilation resources
> >>> (build machines) for you to test on when you can't test locally - you're
> >>> expected to have compiled LINT prior to making intrusive commits to the
> >>> kernel, or not commit at all. Please see the committer's handbook.
> >>
> >> Sadly, LINT has gone away in -CURRENT, leaving many committers without an
> >> easy way to test compilability with various options.  I'm not sure what
> >> the best solution to this problem is, but it would be nice to have
> >> something.
> >
> > Ahem!  On -current:
> >
> > peter@t8000[8:42pm]~src/sys/i386/conf-188> ls
> > CVS/            Makefile        NOTES           T8000.lite
> > GENERIC         NEWCARD         T8000           gethints.pl
> > GENERIC.hints   NEWCARD.hints   T8000.full      makeLINT.pl
> > peter@t8000[8:42pm]~src/sys/i386/conf-189> ls LINT
> > ls: LINT: No such file or directory
> > peter@t8000[8:42pm]~src/sys/i386/conf-190> make LINT
> > perl5 makeLINT.pl < NOTES > LINT
> 
> Is this in UPDATING?

Developers should know all about this from reading their cvs mail:

RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/i386/conf/Attic/LINT,v
Working file: LINT
head: 1.783
...
----------------------------
revision 1.783
date: 2000/06/13 22:28:46;  author: peter;  state: dead;  lines: +1 -1
Borrow phk's axe and apply the next stage of config(8)'s evolution.

...

There are a few things that I'm not too happy with yet.  Under this scheme,
things like LINT would no longer be useful as "documentation" of settings.
I have renamed this file to 'NOTES' and stored the example hints strings
in it.  However... this is not something that config(8) understands, so
there is a script that extracts the build-specific data from the
documentation file (NOTES) to produce a LINT that can be config'ed and
built.  A stack of man4 pages will need updating. :-/

...

Please exercise EXTREME CAUTION when transitioning!

Moral support by: phk, msmith, dfr, asmodai, imp, and others
----------------------------

It was the least traumatic part of the hints changes (since it only affects
developers).

Bruce



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